Yamaha CS80

'evening-

 

The CS-15D is a little cutie and way fun. Monophonic but 'dual-channel' (two
VCO-VCF-VCA chains) with each channel having mostly presets, but then the
last 'preset' on the lower channel (channel 2) brings up pretty much a
simple single-oscillator-synth's worth of panel controls labeled 'Manual',
so you can have one channel as a normal 'adjustable' synth. Sonically pretty
much right in line with other Yamaha stuff, and the controllable synth voice
is fairly straight forward (e.g., normal-ish ADSR envelopes) compared to
some of the other Yamaha stuff.

 

I'm pretty sure they were never marketed in the US. Mine is a 100V version,
so likely a Japanese-market unit.  I bought it from a guy in Canada, who, I
think, brought several of them over from Japan. Another friend of mine
bought one from the same guy, actually.

 

Not sure of the time-frame, I guess late '70s or very early '80s. The case
and rotary controls evoke the SK series and CS-70M, -40M, etc., but then the
preset buttons hint at something a bit earlier as they're mechanical locking
switches.

 

Frank

 

 

 

From: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of David
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 8:58 PM
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [yamahacs80] CS-15D????

 

  

What the... ??? I just saw this video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/musictrackjp#p/u/1/RV7pdqgLqdM

It's in Japanese and shows off the smaller, monophonic (ok - one was
duophonic) CS synths from the late '70s. I remember the CS-5, CS-10, CS-20M,
and CS-40M from local music stores. And I've seem videos of the CS-30- which
was apparently not sold in the US. 

This video shows off something labelled the CS-15D. I've never heard of it
before. It looks like the CS-20/40D but has a bunch of fixed preset buttons
replacing most of the knobs. When did they make this? Where did they sell
it? It looks like Yamaha's answer to the Arp Pro-Soloist or a return to the
SY-1/2. Anyone ever use one?

Thanks for any info!

David





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